It’s a small shot in the arm, but it could mean big money for pharmaceutical companies around the world. With flu season upon us and swine flu threatening to reach pandemic proportions, Big Pha

I concluded a post on stock markets over the weekend saying: “After equities’ seven-month climb, stock markets certainly look vulnerable for a decline. Two downside reversal days -- on We

1. We Have the Means, the Motive is Missing"It is our belief that the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and United States Treasury will soon put an end to this deflationary phase, and we

Editor's Note: Minyan Ernst is a Dutch business analyst currently assigned to a global bank with its base in the Netherlands. The party’s overIt’s time to call it a day. They’ve bur

“Down, down, deeper and down." So goes the chorus of a Status Quo song, but it's eerily starting to sound like the stock markets’ anthem. Another week and another plunge of equities

Whether it's later today, tomorrow, or sometime soon, I think it's pretty clear nationalization is coming. And whether by owning common stock, warrants for common stock, convertible preferred, or som

Judging by the papers this morning, the world has finally woken up to the fact that Eastern Europe is the subprime borrower for Western Europe. And at the risk of beating a dead horse, these nations

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Are the various central bank liquidity facilities and capital injections having the desired effect of unclogging credit markets and restoring confidence in the world’s financial system? This is

Fears about the intensity of the global recession and renewed skepticism regarding the beleaguered financial sector fueled a flight to safety during the past holiday-shortened trading week. President